U 1007
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 Graphic of a class VII C submarine |
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| Type : | VII C / 41 |
| Field Post Number : | M 54 196 |
| Shipyard: | Blohm & Voss in Hamburg |
| Construction contract: | March 23, 1942 |
| Keel laying: | February 15, 1943 |
| Launch: | December 8, 1943 |
| Commissioning: | January 18, 1944 |
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| Calls: | 1 patrol |
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| Whereabouts: | Badly damaged on May 2, 1945 on the Trave and stranded (2 dead, 47 survivors) |
U 1007 was a German submarine of the type VII C , a so-called "Atlantic boat ". It was used by the Kriegsmarine during the submarine war in the North Atlantic and could not sink ships. On May 2, 1945, it was destroyed on the Trave by a British air raid, killing two crew members and rescuing 47 men from the boat on the bank.
Technical specifications
A Type VII C-boat, driven by two diesel engines, reached a speed of 17 knots when traveling above water , had a maximum range of 6500 nm and could make 7.8 knots under water with the help of the two electric motors, with a maximum range of 80 nm .
Commanders
- January 18, 1944 to July 9, 1944 Kptlt. Hans Hornkohl
- July 3, 1944 to July 7, 1944 Oblt.zS Leonhard Klingspor (deputy)
- July 10, 1944 to February 1945 Oblt.zS Helmut Wicke
- February 1945 to April 1945 Oblt.zS Karl-Heinz Raabe
- April 1945 to May 2, 1945 Kptlt. Ernst von Witzendorff
Commitment and history
U 1007 sailed from January 18 to May 31, 1944 as a training boat with the 31st U-Flotilla (Hamburg) and was assigned to the 1st U-Flotilla ( Brest ) as a front boat on June 1, 1944 .
The commander Kapitänleutnant Hans Hornkohl and the crew of U 1007 came from the U 566 , which was self- sunk off Vigo ( Spain ) after severe damage on October 24, 1943 , whereby all crew members were rescued by a Spanish fishing cutter and returned to Brest (Finistère) on October 31, 1943 , were later sent to Hamburg.
Feindfahrt - U 1007 left Kiel on May 31, 1944 for the first venture and arrived in Flekkefjord a day later, on June 1, 1944. U 1007 left Flekkefjord on June 10, 1944 and entered Marviken on June 27.
On July 7, 1944, U 1007 began its return journey to Kiel, where the submarine arrived on July 9. Further missions up to May 2, 1945 are largely unknown. In March 1945 U 1007 brought thirty-five Hitler Youths from the Hela peninsula to Rönne (Kiel).
On May 2, 1945, U 1007 was on the Trave and was badly damaged by several missile hits by Hawker Typhoons of the British 2nd Tactical Air Force Squadron 245, killing two crew members. There were cracks and several large holes in the pressure hull. The submarine was then beached. The 47 survivors left the submarine and went ashore.
In June 1946, the wreck lying on the banks of the Trave was demolished.
literature
- Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 1: The German submarine commanders. Preface by Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rohwer, Member of the Presidium of the International Commission on Military History. ES Mittler and Son, Hamburg / Berlin / Bonn 1996, pp. 107, 124, 185, 254, 258. ISBN 3-8132-0490-1 .
- Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 2: Submarine construction in German shipyards. ES Mittler and Son, Hamburg / Berlin / Bonn 1997, pp. 142, 223. ISBN 3-8132-0512-1 .
- Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 4: The German submarine losses from September 1939 to May 1945. ES Mittler and Son, Hamburg / Berlin / Bonn 2008, pp. 160, 347, 348. ISBN 3-8132-0514-5 .
- Erich Gröner, Dieter Jung, Martin Maas: The German warships 1815-1945. Volume 3: Submarines, auxiliary cruisers, mine ships, net layers. Bernhard & Graefe Verlag, Munich 1985, ISBN 3-7637-4802-4 .
- Clay Blair : The Submarine War. Volume 2: The Hunted, 1942–1945. Heyne, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-453-16059-2 .